Sickening.

Woke up on Saturday morning to discover I was running a fever high of 38.3. A bad start to the day made everything else worse thereafter.

Woke up on Sunday to discover I was almost recovered. Got complacent, met up with a few friends and enjoyed the night together. It was a great time spent after so long. Hahahahaha...

Woke up today to discover I was actually not quite recovered. Took leave, consulted a doctor and stayed home.

Life is full of ups and downs? =P

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Question of the day:

HOW MUCH DO YOU TRUST YOUR DOCTOR?

For me, due to unsatisfying past experiences, I only have trust of Level 2 or 3 on a scale of 10.

I wish they'd stop issuing painkillers so carelessly before finding out the actual problem. Those painkillers simply silence the underlying problem which is screaming out for help. Analogically speaking, it's like burying alive a man trapped in a hole. When the man is eventually covered up, you can't hear his screams and you assume it's peace. But the man is still inside, dead or alive, there's no denying.

Pain, as I've understood, is our body's way of bringing to our attention the malfunction of some body parts. Since they can't speak for themselves, pain is the indicator.

Pain makes you draw your hand away when in contact with hot objects, it prevents excessive blood loss due to cuts and so forth. In a nutshell, pain forces us to take action immediately before anything worse happens.

Be thankful for pain? =P

Another thing is, to identify our sicknesses, they can't use a 'one size fits all' kind of method. If you happen to have Symptoms A, B and C, it doesn't mean you have Sickness X.

But of course, we must play our part as a patient too if we want doctors to as accurately narrow down the kind of sickness we are actually contracting. Make sure to describe to the doctors as clearly as we can what we are suffering from.

However, as doctors, they should play their part as well, not just in identifying the sickness and issuing the matching medicine. They can actually enhance the consultation further by asking the patients more relevant questions, and providing some useful facts that will give them a better understanding of what is actually happening in the body.

MAKE YOUR CONSULTATION FEE WORTH. Ask them lots of questions. Prepare beforehand. (Tip from my sec sch Bio teacher =P)

( I used to consult a doctor regarding sinusitis and I think I was overly curious as to how sinusitis come about. He ended up drawing the inner structure of the nose and explaining explicitly. LOL.)

Hmmm... Of course now I have to side the doctors to provide a more balanced view point. Lol... (Learnt from GP teacher lol)

Hmmmmm..... I think... I think... And I think...

Maybe.... Just maybe... Singapore is lack of doctors? Or Singaporeans are always falling sick?? That the doctors have to shorten/hasten each patient's consultation period?

From a newspaper article I read some time ago, the doctors in Singapore are really overworked. And becos of what?? US! The sick people! So I shall not complain further. Hehe. We also can't satisfy everyone right haha.

Well, just a piece of my mind,

Share your views!